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72 routes Historian's route 2Editor's route 70 Dark tourism 9Remembrance and mourning 7Pilgrimage and faith routes 7In Atatürk's footsteps 4Legendary experiences 23 Build your own route
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Dark tourism routes

Dark tourism means visiting places where people have confronted suffering, loss and hard labour: prisons, dungeons, abandoned and submerged towns, underground shelters, and the factories and mines that paid the price of industry. Every place in this collection can be visited legally and with permission; there are no routes into abandoned private property or building sites, or routes built around watching neighbourhoods where people live. Battlefields, martyrs' cemeteries and memorial sites are in the “Remembrance and mourning” collection. Please respect the story of the places you visit.

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Remembrance and mourning routes

Remembrance and mourning (grief tourism) means visiting places people go to remember loss and share grief: martyrs' cemeteries, war cemeteries, monuments, historic cemeteries and museums that preserve the memory of disasters. Every place here is an officially open memorial site; we don't include very recent tragedies that people are still grieving, or contested sites. At these places, someone may still be remembering a loved one: keep quiet, don't pose for photos, and don't photograph anyone praying.

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Pilgrimage and faith routes

Visiting routes walked in Anatolia for centuries: churches, mosques, synagogues, tombs, caves and holy springs held sacred in Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Sufi traditions, plus long-distance cultural routes that follow old pilgrimage and caravan roads. These routes pass no judgement on matters of faith; where something rests on tradition or belief rather than history, we say so. Most of the stops are still places of worship today: dress modestly, don't walk around inside during services, keep quiet and don't photograph people praying.

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In Atatürk's footsteps routes

The places that shaped the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the founding of the Republic: Anıtkabir, Atatürk's mausoleum, and the first parliament buildings in Ankara; the road of the National Struggle (War of Independence) from Samsun to Erzurum; Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul, where he died, and Harbiye, where he studied as a cadet; and the battlefield of the Battle of Sakarya. The Kocatepe–Dumlupınar and Gallipoli routes are in the "Remembrance and mourning" collection. Be quiet and respectful at Anıtkabir and at places of remembrance; check museum hours before you go.

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Legendary experiences routes

Things to experience at least once in Türkiye: the Eastern Express and the train to Lake Van, sunrise on Mount Nemrut, the Lycian Way, a Blue Cruise, the sunken city of Kekova, the Hittite capital, Selimiye and Kırkpınar, and skiing on Erciyes and Palandöken. We don't sell train, boat or ski tickets; each route links to the official sales channel. Places where seasons and hours may change carry a "check before you go" notice.

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Editor's routes

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Historians' routes

We compile them from recommendations historians have published in books, articles or interviews. The source and links are clearly shown on the route; this does not mean the person endorses AnatoliaPass.

Travellers' routes

Routes built and shared by travellers. Our editors check them before they go live.

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